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BY THE REV. T. P. HUNT 




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PUBLISHED BY EZRA COLLIER, 
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1836 






Entered according to the act of CongresSj in the year 1835, by 

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THE PILLOW 



JANUARY. 



Gen. 1 : 1. — In the beginning God created 
the heavens and the earth. 

2 

Gen. 1 : 2. — And the earth was without 
form and void ; and darkness was upon the 
face of the deep. 

3 

Gen. 1 : 3. — And God said, Let there be 
light ; and there was light. 



JANUARY. 



Gen. 1 : 4. — And God saw the light that it 
was good : and God divided the light from 
the darkness. 

5 

Gen. 1 : 5. — And God called the light Day, 
and the darkness he called Night. 
6 

Gen. 1 : 14, 15. — And God said, Let there 
be light in the firmament of heaven, to divide 
the day from the night ; and let them be for 
signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for 
years ; and let them be for lights in the 
firmament of heaven to give light upon the 
earth. 

7 

Gen. 1 : 16. — And God made two great 
lights ; the greater light to rule the day, and 



JANUARY. 



the lesser to rule the night : he made the 
stars also. 

8 

Ps. 104 : 20.— The Lord appointed the 
moon for seasons : and the sun knoweth his 
going down. Thou makest darkness, and it 
is night. 

9 

Ps. 147 : 4.— The Lord telleth the number 
of the stars ; he knoweth them all by their 
names. Great is our Lord and of great 
power ; his understanding is infinite. 
10 

Deut. 4 : 19.— (Take heed) Lest thou lift 
up thine eyes unto the heavens, and, when 
thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the 
stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest 
be driven to worship them, and serve them, 



JANUARY 



which the Lord thy God hath divided unto 
all thq nations under the whole heaven. 

11 

Amos, 5 : 8. — Seek him that maketh the 
seven stars and Orion, and turneth the 
shadow of death into the morning, and 
maketh the day dark with night. The Lord 
is his name. 

12 

Job, 38 : 12. — Hast thou commanded the 
morning since thy days ; and caused the day- 
spring to know his place ? 

13 

Ps. 148 : 3. — Praise ye the Lord, sun and 

moon : praise ye him, all ye stars of light. 
14 

Ps. 148 : 4, 5. — Praise him ye heavens of 
heavens, and ye waters that be above the 



JANUARY. 



heavens. Let them praise the Lord; for he 
commanded, and they were created. 

15 

Job, 26 : 13. — By his spirit he hath gar- 
nished the heavens; his hand hath formed 
the crooked serpent. 

— 16 — 

Ps. 19 : 1. — The heavens declare the glory 
of God, and the firmament sheweth his handy 
work. 

— 17 

Ps. 19 : 2. — Day unto day uttereth speech, 
and night unto night sheweth knowledge. 

— 18 

Ps. 8 : 3. — When I consider thy heavens, 
the work of thy fingers ; and the moon and 
stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man 
that thou art mindful of him, and the son of 
man that thou visitest him ? 



10 JANUARY. 



19 



Job, 25 : 5. — Behold even the moon, and it 

shineth not ; yea r the stars are not pure in 

his sight: how much less man, that is a 

worm ; and the son of man, which is a worm 1 

20 

Deut. '33 : 13. — Blessed of the Lord be 
his land, for the precious things of heaven, 
for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth 
beneath, and for the precious fruits brought 
forth by the sun, and for the precious things 
put forth by the moon. 

21 

Ps. 89 : 37. — God's covenant shall be 
established forever as the moon, and as a 
faithful witness in heaven. 

22 

Gen. 8 : 22. — While the earth remaineth, 



JANUARY. 11 



seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and 
summer and winter, and day and night, shall 
not cease. 

23 

Gen. 22 : 17. — God svvare to Abraham, 
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in 
multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the 
stars of heaven — and in thy seed shall all 
the nations of the earth be blessed. 
24 

Jer. 31 : 15. — Thus saith the Lord which 
gave the sun for a light by day, and the ordi- 
nances of the moon and of the stars for a 
light by night. If those ordinances depart 
from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed 
of Israel shall also cease from being a nation 
before me forever. 

25 

Jer. 33 : 22. — As the host of heaven can- 



12 JANUARY. 



not be numbered, neither the sand of the sea 
be measured, so will I multiply the seed of 
David my servant, and the Levites that 
minister unto me. 

26 

Jer. 33 : 25. — Thus saith the Lord, if my 
covenant be not with day and night, and if I 
have not appointed the ordinances of heaven 
and earth ; then will I cast aw T ay the seed of 
Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will 
not take any of his seed to be a ruler over 
the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob : for 
I will cause their captivity to return, and 
have mercy upon them. 

27 

Jer. 33 : 20.— Thus saith the Lord, If ye 
can break my covenant of the day, and my 
covenant of the night, and that there should 



JANUARY. 13 



not be day and night in their season, then 
also may my covenant be broken with David 
my servant, that he should not have a son to 
reign upon his throne, and with the Levites 
my ministers. 

28 

Is. 66 : 22. — For as the new heavens and 
the new earth, which I will make, shall 
remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall 
your seed and your name remain. 

29 

Is. 51 : 6. — Lift up your eyes to the heavens, 
and look upon the earth beneath ; for the 
heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and 
the earth shall wax old like a garment, and 
they that dwell therein shall die in like man- 
ner ; but my salvation shall be forever, and 
my righteousness shall not be abolished. 



14 JANUARY, 



Q 







Is. 29 : 7. — The multitude of all the nations 
that fight against Ariel, (i. e. the altar of 
God,) even all that fight against her, and her 
munitions, and that distress her, shall be as a 
dream of a night vision. 

— -31 

Is. 29 : 8. — It shall be as when a hungry- 
man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth ; but 
he awaketh, and his soul is empty : or as 
when a thirsty man dreameth, and behold he 
drinketh ; but he awaketh, and behold he 
is faint, and his soul hath appetite : so shall 
the multitude of all the nations be that fight 
against Mount Zion. 



FEBRUARY 



Ps. 90 : 12. — So teach us to number our 
days, that we may apply our hearts unto 
wisdom. 

2 — - 

Job, 14 : 1. — Man that is born of a woman 
is of few days, and full of trouble. 

3 

Job, 14 : 2. — He cometh forth like a flower, 
and is cut down ; he fleeth away also as a 
shadow, and continueth not. 
4 

James, 4 : 14. — For what is your life ? It 
is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little 
time, and then vanishes away. 



16 FEBRUARY. 



Ps. 90 : 9. — For all our days are passed 
away in thy wrath ; we spend our years as 
a tale that is told. 

6 

Ps. 90 : 10. — The days of our years are 
three score years and ten ; and if by reason 
of strength they be four score years, yet is 
their strength labour and sorrow : for it is 
soon cut off, and we fly away. 
7 

Ps. 102 : 11. — My days are like a shadow 
that declineth, and I am withered like grass. 
8 

Ps. 102 : 12.— But thou, O Lord, shalt 
endure for ever, and thy remembrance unto 
all generations. 



FEBRUARY. 17 



9 



Gen. 47 : 9. — Few and evil have the days 
of the years of my life been. 

10 

Job, 7 : 6. — My days are swifter than a 
weaver's shuttle. 

-11 

Job, 7 : 1. — Is there not an appointed time 
to man upon the earth ? Are not his days 
also like the days of an hireling 1 

12 

Ps. 102 : 24.— I said, O my God, take me 
not away in the midst of my days : thy years 
are throughout all generations. 

13 

Ps. 102 : 25.— Of old hast thou laid the 
foundation of the earth ; and the heavens are 
the work of thy hands. 



18 FEBRUARY. 



14 



Ps. 102 : 26.— They shall perish, but those 
shall endure : yea, all of them shall wax old 
like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou 
change them, and they shall be changed: 
But thou art the same, and thy years shall 
have no end. 

15 

Ps. 89 : 47. — Remember how short my time 
is : wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? 

16 

2 Peter, 1 : 14. — Knowing that shortly I 
must put off this my tabernacle, as the Lord 
Jesus hath shewed me. 

17 

1 Cor. 7 : 29.— But this I say, brethren, The 
time is short. 

18 

Job, 14 : 5. — Man's days are determined, 



FEBRUARY. 19 



the number of his months are with thee, thou 
hast appointed his bounds that he cannot 
pass. 

19 

Job, 14 : 6. — Tarn from him, that he mav 
rest ; till he accomplish, as an hireling, his 
days. 

20 

Job, 14 : 14.— If a man die, shall he live 
again ? all the days of my appointed time 
will I w T ait, till my change come. 

21 

Is. 38 : 10. — I said, In the cutting off of my 
days, I shall go to the gates of the grave : 
I am deprived of the residue of my years. 

22 

Eccl. 12 : 1, 2.— Remember thy Creator 
in the days of thy youth, while the evil days 



20 FEBRUARY 



come not, nor the years draw nigh, when 
thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them ; 
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, 
or the stars be not darkened. 
23 

Eccl. 12 : 5. — Because man goeth to his 
long home, and the mourners go about the 
streets. 

24 

Ps. 39 : 4. — Lord, make me to know mine 
end, and the measure of my days, what it is; 
that I may know how frail I am. 
25 

Ps. 39 : 5. — Behold thou hast made my 
days as an hand-breadth, and my age is as 
nothing before thee : verily, every man at 
his best estate is vanity. 



FEBRUARY. 21 



26 



Prov. 27 : 1. — Boast not thyself of to-mor- 
row, for thou knowest not what a day may 
bring forth. 

■ 27 

Matt. 6 : 34. — Take no thought for the 
morrow : for the morrow shall take thought 
for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the 
day is the evil thereof. 

28 — 

James, 4 : 14. — Ye know not what shall 
be on the morrow. 

29 

John, 9 : 4. — I must work the works of 
him that sent me, while it is day : the night 
cometh, when no man can work. 

2 



MARCH. 



1 



Gen. 2 : 21. — The Lord caused a deep 
sleep to fall on Adam ; and he slept. 

2 

Ps. 77 : 4. — Thou holdest mine eyes 
waking. 

3 

Egcl. 5:1, 2. — The sleep of a laboring 
man is sweet whether he eat little or much. 

4 

Eccl. 5 : 12. — But the abundance of the 
rich will not suffer him to sleep. 

5 

Prov. 20 : 13. — Love not sleep, lest thou 



MARCH. 23 



come to poverty ; open thine eyes, and thou 
shalt be satisfied with bread. 

-6 

Prov. 19 : 15.— Slothfalness casteth into 
a deep sleep ; and an idle soul shall suffer 

hunger. 

— _7 . 

Prov. 10 : 5. — He that gathereth in sum- 
mer is a wise son : but he that sleepeth in 
harvest is a son that causeth shame. 
8 

Prov. 21 : 25.— The desire of the slothful 
killeth him ; for his hands refuse to labour. 
9 

Prov. 6 : 9.— How long wilt thou sleep, O 
sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy 
sleep ? 



24 MARCH. 



10 



Prov. 6 : 10. — Yet a little sleep, a little 
slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : 
so shall thy poverty come like one that tra- 
velled^ and thy want like an armed man. 

— 11 

Jonah, 1 : 6. — What meanest thou, O 
sleeper ? Arise, call upon thy God, if so be 
that God think upon us, and we perish not. 

12 

Eph. 5 : 11. — Awake thou that sleepest, 
and arise from the dead, and Christ shall 
give thee life. 

13-^— 

Luke, 22 : 46. — Why sleep ye ! arise and 
pray, lest ye enter into temptation. 

14 

1 Cor. 15 : 34. — Awake to righteousness, 



MARCH. 25 



and sin not; for some have not the know- 
ledge of God : I speak this to your shame. 

15 

Rom. 13 : 11. — And that, knowing the 
time, that it is high time to awake out of 
sleep : for now is our salvation nearer than 
when we believed. 

16 

Rom. 13 : 12. — The night is far spent, the 
day is at hand : let us, therefore, cast off the 
works of darkness, and let us put on the 
armour of light. 

-17 

1 Thess. 5 : 6. — Therefore let us not sleep, 
as do others, but let us watch and be sober. 

18 - 

1 Thess. 5 : 7. — For they that sleep, sleep 
in the night, and they that be drunken are 
drunken in the night 



26 MARCH 



19 



Mark, 14 : 37. — And he cometh and findeth 
them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, 
sleepest thou ? couldst thou not watch one 
hour? 

__20- 

Mark, 14 : 38. — Watch ye, and pray, lest 
ye enter into temptation : The spirit truly is 
ready, but the flesh is weak. 

21 — 

Matt. 13 : 25.— While men slept his enemy 
came and sowed tares among the wheat. 

22 

Is. 56 : 10. — His watchmen are blind ; 
they are all ignorant, they are dumb dogs, 
they cannot bark ; sleeping, lying down, 
loving to slumber. 

23 

2 Peter, 2 : 3. — Whose judgment now of 



MARCH. 27 



a long time lingereth not, and whose dam- 
nation slumbereth not. 

24 

Rom. 11 : 8. — God hath given them the 
spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not 
see, and ears that they should not hear. 

25 

Mark, 13 : 35, 36.— Watch, therefore ; for 
ye know not when the master of the house 
cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the 
cock crowing, or in the morning ; lest coming 
suddenly, he find you sleeping. 

26 

1 Thess. 5 : 2. — Ye yourselves know per- 
fectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as 
a thief in the night. 

27 

Matt. 25 : 13. — Watch, therefore ; for ye 



28 MARCH. 



know neither the day nor the hour wherein 
the Son of man cometh. 

28 — 

John, 12 : 35. — Yet a little w 7 hile is the 
light with you. Walk w T hile ye have the 
light, lest darkness come upon you. 
— 29 — 
1 Thess. 5 i 4. — But ye, brethren, are not 
in darkness, that that day should overtake 
you as a thief. 

■ 30 

Eph. 5 : 15, 16. — See then that ye walk 
circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, re- 
deeming the time, because the days are evil. 

31 

Prov. 8 : 34. — Blessed is the man that 
heareth me, watching daily at my gates, 
waiting at the posts of my doors. 



APRIL. 



Prov. 31 : 10. — Who can find a virtuous 
woman? for her price is above rubies. She 
riseth also while it is night, and giveth meat 
to her household, and a portion to her 
maidens. Her candle goeth not out by night. 
2 

Gen. 19 : 27. — And Abraham gat up early 
in the morning in the place where he stood 
before the Lord. 

3 

Gen. 21 : 3. And Abraham rose up early 
in the morning, and saddled his ass, and 
took two of his young men with him, and 



30 APRIL. 



Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the 
burnt offering, and rose and went unto the 
place of which God had told him. 
4 

Gen. 28 : 18. — And Jacob rose up early in 
the morning, and took the stone that he had 
put for his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, 
and poured oil upon it. And he called the 
name of that place Bethel. 
5 

Gen. 32 : 24. — And Jacob was left alone ; 
and there wrestled a man with him until the 
breaking of the day. 

6 

Gen. 32 : 26. — And he said, Let me go, for 
the day breaketh. And he said, I will not 
let thee go, except thou bless me. 



APRIL. 31 



7 



Exod. 24 : 4. — And Moses rose up early 
in the morning, and builded an altar. 

8 

Josh. 6 : 12. — And Joshua rose up early in 
the morning, and the priests took up the ark 
of the Lord. 

9 

Judges, 7 : 1. — Then Gideon, and all the 
people that were with him, rose up early in 
the morning. 

10 

1 Sam. 1 : 19. — Elkanah and Hannah rose 
up in the morning early, and worshipped be- 
fore the Lord their God. 

11 

1 Sam. 15 : 11, 12. — And Samuel cried 
unto the Lord all night. And he arose early 
to meet Saul in the morning. 



32 APRIL 



12 



1 Sam. 29 : 11.— So David and his men 
rose early in the morning. 

13 

Job, 1 : 5. — Job sent and sanctified his 
children, and rose up early in the morning, 
and offered burnt offerings according to the 
number of them all ; for Job said, it may be 
that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in 
their hearts. This did Job continually. 
14 

Mark, 1 : 35. — And in the morning rising 
up a great while before day, Jesus went, and 
departed to a solitary place, and there 
prayed. 

15 

Luke, 21 : 38. John, 8 : 2. — The people 
came early in the morning to Jesus (who had 



APRIL. 33 



returned early in the morning from the Mount 
of Olives) in the temple, for to hear him. 
16 

Luke, 6 : 12. — And it came to pass in those 
days, that Jesus went out into a mountain 
to pray, and continued all night in prayer to 
God. 

17 

Luke 6 : 13. — And when it was day, he 
called unto him his disciples ; and of them 
he chose twelve, whom he also named 
Apostles. 

— 18- ■ 

Matt. 14 : 25. — In the fourth watch of the 
night Jesus come unto them walking upon 
the sea. And they were affrighted. He 
said unto them, Be of good cheer, it is I, be 
not afraid. 



34 APRIL. 



19 



Matt. 28 : 1. Mark, 16 : 2.— Very early 
in the morning, as it began to dawn towards 
the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene, 
and Mary the mother of James, came unto 
the sepulchre. 

20 

Acts, 5 : 21. — The apostles entered into 
the temple early in the morning, and taught 
the people. 

21 - 

Acts, 16 : 25. — At midnight Paul and 
Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God. 
And the prisoners heard them. 
22 

Acts, 20 : 7. — And upon the first day of 
the week, when the disciples came together 
to break bread, Paul preached unto them, 



APRIL. 35 



ready to depart on the morrow ; and con- 
tinued his speech until midnight. 

23 

Neh. 2 : 12. — I arose in the night — nei- 
ther told I any man what* my God had 
put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. I went 
up by night and viewed the walls of Jerusa- 
lem which were broken down, and the gates 
thereof were consumed with fire. 

..24-— 

Ps. 132 : 3, 4. — Surely I will not come 
unto the tabernacle of my house, nor go up 
into my bed ; I will not give sleep to mine 
eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids, until I find 
out a place for the Lord, an habitation for 
the mighty God of Jacob. 

25 

Lam. 2 : 18. — Their heart cried unto the 



36 APR1L 



Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let 
tears' run down like a river day and night ; 
give thyself no rest ; let not the apple of 
thine eye cease. 

. 26 

Jer. 9 : 1— Oh that my head were waters, 
and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I 
might weep day and night for the slain of the 
daughter of my people. 

Ps 119 : 148.— Mine eyes prevented the 
night watches that I might meditate in thy 
word. 

Ps 5 • 3.__My voice shalt thou hear in the 
morning, O Lord ; in the morning will I 
direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 



APRIL. 37 



29 



Ps. 57 : 8. — Awake up, my glory : awake, 
psaltery and harp : I myself will awake 
early. 

30 

Is. 26 : 9. — With my soul have I desired 
thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within 
me will I seek thee early ; for when thy 
judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants 
of the world will learn righteousness. 



MAY 



1 



Job, 21 : 17. — How oft is the candle of the 
wicked put out! and how oft cometh de- 
struction upon them ! 

2 

Job, 18 : 5. — The light of the wicked shall 
be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not 
shine. 

3 

Job, 18 : 6. — The light shall be dark in his 
tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out 
with him. 

4 

Prov. 20 : 20. — Whoso curseth his father 



MAY. 39 

or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in 
obscure darkness. 

5 

Job, 18 : 18. — The wicked shall be driven 
from light into darkness, and chased out of 
the world. 

6 

Prov. 4 : 19. — The way of the wicked is 
darkness ; they know not at what they 
stumble. 



Ps. 82 : 5. — They know not, neither will 
they understand; they w r alk on in darkness; 
all the foundations of the world are out of 
course. 

8 

Job, 12 : 25. — They grope in the dark 
without light, and he maketh them to stag- 
ger like drunken men. 



40 MAY. 

-9 

Job, 27 : 13. 20.— This is the portion of a 
wicked man with God, and tke heritage of 
oppressors, which they shall receive of the 
Almighty : Terrors take hold of him as 
waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the 
night. 

- — 10 

Job, 34 : 20. — In a moment shall they die, 
and the people shall be troubled at midnight, 
and pass away ; and the mighty shall be 
taken away without hands. 
11 

Is. 50 : 11. — Behold, all ye that kindle a 
fire, that compass yourselves with sparks ; 
walk in the light of your fire, and in the 
sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye 
have at my hands, ye shall lie down in 
sorrow. 



MAY. 41 
12 

Mic. 2 : 1.— Wo unto them that devise 
iniquity, and work evil upon their beds ; 
when the morning is light they practise it, 
because it is in the power of their hands. 
13 

Is. 5 : 20. — Wo unto them that call evil 
good, and good evil ; that put darkness for 
light, and light for darkness. 
14 

Is. 5 : 11. — Wo unto them that rise up 
early in the morning, that they may follow 
strong drink ; that continue until night, till 
wine inflame them. 

15 

Jer. 51 : 39. — In their heat I will make 
their feasts, and I will make them drunk 



42 MAY. 

that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual 
sleep, and not awake, saith the Lord. 

16 

Jer. 25 : 10. — I will take from them the 
voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, and 
the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of 
the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the 
light of the candle. 

17 

Luke, 12 : 20. — And God said unto him, 
Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be re- 
quired of thee. Then whose shall those 
things be that thou hast provided ? 
. 18 

Matt. 22 : 13. — Bind him hand and foot, 
and take him away, and cast him into outer 
darkness. There shall be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth. 



MAY. 43 
19 

Prov. 4 : 16. — Go not in the way of evil 
men : For they sleep not except they have 
done mischief; and their sleep is taken away 
unless they have caused some to fall. 
20 

Job, 24 : 15. — The eye of the adulterer 
waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall 
see me ; and disguises his face. 
21 

Job, 24 : 16. — In the dark they dig through 
houses which they had marked for themselves 
in the day time ; they know not the light. 
22 

Job, 24 : 17. — In the morning it is unto 
them as the shadow of death : If one know 
them, they are in terrors of the shadow of 
death. 



44 MAY. 

23 

Job, 24 : 14. — The murderer rising with 
the light killeth the poor and needy, and in 
the night is a thief. 

24 

Job, 5 : 13, 14. — God taketh the wicked in 
their own craftiness ; and the counsel of the 
froward is carried headlong. They meet 
with darkness in the day time, and grope in 
the noon day, as in the night. 

25 

Job, 20 : 5. — The triumphing of the wicked 
is short, and the joy of a hypocrite but for a 
moment. 

26 

Job, 20 : 8. — He shall fly away as a dream, 
and shall not be found ; yea, he shall be 
chased away like a vision of the night. 



MAY. 45 



27 



Ps. 73 : 20. — As a dream when one 
awaketh, so, O Lord, when thou awakest, 
thou shalt despise their image. 
28 

Prov. 24 : 19. — Fret not thyself because 
of evil men, neither be thou envious of the 
wicked. 

29 

Prov. 24 : 20. — For there shall be no re- 
ward to the evil man ; the candle of the 
wicked shall be put out. 

30 — - 

2 Pet. 2 : 4. — God spared not the angels 
that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and 
delivered them into chains of darkness to be 
reserved unto judgment. 



46 MAY. 

31 

John, 3 : 19. — This is the condemnation, 
that light is come into the world, and men 
loved darkness rather than light, because 
their deeds were evil. 



JUNE 



Job, 22 : 12, — Is not God in the height of 
heaven ? And behold the height of the stars, 
how high they are ! and thou sayest, How 
doth God know? can he judge through the 
dark clouds? 

2 

Job, 12 : 22. — He discerneth deep things 
out of darkness, and bringeth out to light 
the shadow of death. 

3 

Job, 26 : 6. — Hell is naked before him, and 
destruction hath no covering. 
4 

Job, 34 : 21. — His eyes are upon the ways 
of man, and he seeth all his goings. 



48 JUNE. 



5 



Job, 34 : 22. — There is no darkness nor 
shadow of death where the workers of 
iniquity may hide themselves. 

6 

Ps. 139 : 7.— Whither shall I go from thy 
spirit ? or whither shall I flee from thy pre- 
sence? 

7 

Ps. 139 : 8. — If I ascend up into heaven, 
thou art there ; if I make my bed in hell, 
behold thou art there. 

8 

Ps. 139 : 9, 10.— If I take the wings of the 
morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of 
the sea; even there shall thine hand lead 
me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 

9 

Ps. 139 : 11— If I say, Surely the darkness 



JUNE. 49 



shall cover me; even the night shall be light 
round about me. 

-10 

Ps. 139 : 12.— Yea, the darkness hideth 
not from thee ; but the night shineth as the 
day; the darkness and the light are both 
alike to thee. 

11 — 

Job, 9 : 4. 9. — Who hath hardened himself 
against God, and hath prospered? which 
commanded the sun, and it riseth not, and 
and sealeth up the stars; which maketh 
Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the cham- 
bers of the south 1 

12 — 

Job, 34 : 25. — He knoweth their works, 
and he overt urneth them in night, so that 
they are destroyed. 



50 JUNE. 



13 



Ps. 90 : 8. — Thou hast set our iniquities 
before thee, our secret sins in the light of 
thy countenance. 

14 

Jer. 23 : 23. — Am I a God at hand, saith 
the Lord, and not a God afar off? 
15 



Jer. 23 : 24. — Can any hide himself in 
secret places that I shall not see him? saith 
the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? 
saith the Lord. 

16 ■ 

Ps. 44 : 21.— Shall not God search this 
out? for he knoweth the secrets of the 
heart. 

17 

Dan. 2 : 22. — He revealeth the deep and 



JUNE. 51 



secret things ; he knoweth what is in the 
darkness, and the light dwelieth with him. 

18 

Zeph. 1 : 12. — And it shall come to pass at 
that time, that I will search Jerusalem with 
a candle; and punish the men that are settled 
on their lees ; that say in their hearts, the 
Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil. 

19 

1 Cor. 4 : 5. — Therefore judge nothing 
before the time until the Lord come, who will 
both bring to light the hidden things of dark- 
ness, and will make manifest the counsels of 
the heart. 

20 

Is. 26 : 20. — Come, my people, enter into 
thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; 
hide thyself, as it were a little moment, until 
the indignation be overpast. For, behold, 



52 JUNE. 



the Lord cometh out of his place, to punish 
the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. 

21 

Gen. 28 : 16. — And Jacob awaked out of 
his sleep, and he said: Surely God is in this 
place, and I knew it not. And he was afraid, 
and said, How dreadful is this place ! this is 
none other than the house of God, and this is 
the gate of heaven. 

22 

Ps. 4 : 8. — I will both lay me down in 
peace, and sleep ; for thou, Lord, only makest 
me to dwell in safety. 

23 

Ps. 3 : 5. — I laid me down and slept, I 
awaked, for the Lord sustained me. 

24 

Ps. 34 : 7.— The angel of the Lord en- 
campeth round about them that fear him. 



JUNE. 53 



25 



Ps. 91 : 11. — He shall give his angels 
charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy 
ways. 

26 

Ps. 121 : 4. — Behold, he that keepeth Israel 
shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord 
is thy keeper ; the Lord is thy shade upon 
thy right hand. 

27 

Ps. 91 : 9, 10. — Because thou hast made 
the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most 
High, thy habitation, there shall no evil be- 
fall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh 
thy dwelling. 

28 

Ezek. 34 : 15. — I will feed my flock, and 



54 JUNE 



I will cause them to lie down, saith the 
Lord God. 

29 

Ps. 23 : 1, 2.— The Lord is my shepherd, I 
shall not want. He maketh me to lie down 
in green pastures ; he leadeth me beside the 
still waters. 

30 

Ps. 139 : 17, 18. — How precious also are 
thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is 
the sum of them ! If I should count them, 
they are more in number than the sand : 
when I awake, I am still with thee. 



JULY. 



Job, 29 : 2, 3. — Oh that I were as in months 
past, as in the days when God preserved 
me; when his candle shined upon my head, 
and when by his light I walked through 
darkness. 

2 

Ps. 88 : 1, 2, 3.— O Lord God of my sal- 
vation, I have cried day and night before 
thee. Let my prayer come before thee ; in- 
cline thine ear unto my cry. For my soul is 
full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh 
unto the grave. 



56 JULY 



Ps. 88 : 4, 5.— I am counted with them that 
go down into the pit ; I am as a man that 
hath no strength. Free among the dead, like 
the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou 
rememberest no more ; and they are cut off 
from thy hand. 

__4 — 
Ps. 88 : 6. — Thou hast laid me in the 
lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps: 

5 

Ps. 88 : 7. — Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, 
and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. 
Selah. 

6 

Job, 10 : 20. — Are not my days few ? Cease, 
then, and let me alone, that T may take com- 
fort a little before I go whence I shall not 



JULY. 57 

return, even to the land of darkness, and the 
shadow of death ; a land of darkness as 
darkness itself, and of the shadow of death ; 
without any order, and where the light is 
darkness. 

7 

Ps. 6 : 6. — I am weary with my groaning ; 
all the night make I my bed to swim : I 
water my couch with my tears. 
8 

Job, 7 : 4 — When I lie down I say, When 
shall I arise, and the night be gone ? and I 
am full of tossing to and fro, until the dawn- 
ing of the day. 

9 

Job, 7 : 13.— When I say, My bed shall 
comfort me, my couch shall ease my com- 



58 JULY. 

plaint, then thou scarest me with dreams, 
and terrifiest me through visions. 

' 10 ■ 

Job, 7 : 2, 3. — As a servant earnestly de- 
sireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh 
for the reward of his work ; so am I made to 
possess months of vanity, and wearisome 
nights are appointed unto me. 

11 — 

Job, 30 : 26. — When I looked for good, then 
evil came unto me ; and when I waited for 
light, there came darkness. 

12 

Eccl. 2 : 23. — For all his days are sorrow, 
and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh 
no rest in the night. 

13- 

Job, 37 : 19. — Teach us what we shall say 



JULY. 59 

unto him ; for we cannot order our speech, 

by reason of darkness. 

__14_ — 

Ps. 13 : 3. — Consider, and hear me, O 
Lord, my God ; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep 
the sleep of death. 

15 

Ps. 119 : 147. — I prevented the dawning of 
the morning, and cried ; I hoped in thy word. 
16 

Ps. 89 : 12, 13.— Shall thy wonders be 
known in the dark ? and thy righteousness 
in the land of forgetfulness ? But unto thee 
have I cried, O Lord ; and in the morning 
shall my cry prevent thee. 

17 

Is. 38 : 12. — Mine age is departed, and is 
removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have 



60 JULY. 

cut off like a weaver my life ; he will cut me 
off with pining sickness : from day even unto 
night wilt thou make an end of me. 

18 

Is. 38 : 13. — I reckoned till morning, that, 
as a lion, so will he break all my bones : from 
day even to night wilt thou make an end 
of me. 

19 

Is. 38 : 14. — Like a crane, or a swallow, so 
do I chatter ; I did mourn as a dove : mine 
eyes fail with looking upwards : O Lord, I 
am oppressed ; undertake for me. 

20 

Ps. 73 : 14. — All the day long have I been 
plagued, and chastened every morning. 

21 

Is. 1 : 5, 6. — The whole head is sick, and 



JULY. 



61 



the whole heart is faint. From the sole of 
the foot even to the crown of the head, 
there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and 
bruises, and putrifying sores : they have not 
been closed, neither mollified with ointment. 

22 

Ps. 143 : 8.— Cause me to hear thy loving 
kindness in the morning; for in thee do I 
trust. Cause me to know the way wherein 
I should walk ; for I lift up my soul unto 

thee. 

23 

Is. 33 : 2.— O Lord, be gracious unto us ; 
we have waited for thee ; be thou their arm 
every morning, our salvation in time of 

trouble. 

24 

Ps. 77 : 1, 2.— I cried unto God with my 



62 JULY. 



voice, even unto God with my voice ; and 
he gave ear unto me. In the day of my 
trouble I sought the Lord ; my sore ran 
high in the night, and ceased not ; my sore 
refused to be comforted. 

25 

Ps. 130 : 6.— My soul waiteth for the Lord 
more than they that wait for the morning ; I 
say more than they that wait for the morning. 
26 

Is. 50 : 10. — Who is there among you that 
feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of 
his servant, that walketh in darkness, and 
hath no light 1 let him trust in the name of 
the Lord, and stay upon his God. 
27 

Ps. 59 : 16.— I will sing aloud of thy 
power ; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy 



JU LY. 63 

in the morning; for thou hast been my de- 
fence and refuge in the day of my trouble. 

28 

Ps. 30 : 5. — Weeping may endure for a 
night, but joy cometh in the morning. 

29 

James, 5 : 14. — Is any sick among you ? let 
him call for the elders of the church, and let 
them pray over him, anointing him with oil 
in the name of the Lord. 

30 

James, 5 : 15. — The prayer of faith shall 
heal the sick, and the Lord shall raise him 
up; and if he have committed sins, they shall 
be forgiven him. 

31 

James, 5 : 16. — Confess your faults one to 



64 JULY 



another, and pray one for another, that ye 
may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer 
of a righteous man availeth much. 



AUGUST 



Num. 24 : 17. — There shall come a star out 
of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of 
Israel. 

2 

Ps. 72 : 7. — In his day shall the righteous 
flourish, and abundance of peace so long as 
the moon endureth. 

3 — 

Can. 6 : 10. — Who is she, that looketh 
forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear 
as the sun, and terrible as an army with 
banners ? 

4 

Is. 9 : 2. — The people that walked in dark- 



66 AUGUST 



ness have seen a great light : they that dwell 
in the land of the shadow of death, upon 
them hath the light shined. 

5 

Rev. 22 : 16. — I, Jesus, am the root and 
the offspring of David, and the bright and 
morning star. 



Matt. 2 : 2. — Where is he that is born 
King of the Jews? for we have seen his star 
in the East, and are come to worship him. 
7 

Matt. 2 : 9. — Lo, the star which they saw 
in the East, went before them till it came 
and stood over where the young child was. 
8 

Matt. 2 : 10. — When they saw the star, 
they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 



AUGUST. 67 



Luke, 2 : 8. — And there were in that same 
country shepherds abiding in the fields, keep- 
ing watch over their flocks by night. 
10 

Luke, 2 : 9. — And, lo, the angel of the 
Lord came upon them, and the glory of the 
Lord shone round about them. And they 
were afraid. 

11 

Luke, 2 : 10. — And the angel said unto 
them, Fear not ; for behold, I bring you glad 
tidings of great joy, which shall be to all 
people. For unto you is born this day, in 
the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ 
the Lord. 

12 

Luke, 2 : 13, 14. — And suddenly there was 



68 AUGUST. 



with the angel a multitude of the heavenly- 
host, praising God, and saying, Glory to God 
in the highest, and on earth peace, good will 
towards men. 

13 

Job, 38 : 7. — The morning stars shouted 
together, and all the sons of God shouted 
for joy. 

14 

Luke, 2 : 29, 30. — Lord, now let thy ser- 
vant depart in peace, according to thy word : 
for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which 
thou hast prepared before the face of all peo- 
ple. A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the 
glory of thy people Israel. 

15 

Is. 62 : 1. — For Zion's sake will I not hold 
my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake will I 



AUGUST. 69 



not rest, until the righteousness thereof go 
forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof 
as a lamp that burnetii. 

16 

Lam. 1 : 2. — She weepeth sore in the night, 
and her tears are on her cheeks ; among her 
lovers she hath none to comfort her ; all her 
friends have dealt treacherously with her, 
they have become her enemies. 
17 

Luke, 1 : 78, 79. — The day-spring from on 
high hath visited us, to give light to them 
that sit in darkness and in the shadow of 
death, to guide our feet into the way of 
peace. 

— 18 

2 Cor. 4 : 6. — For God, who commanded 
the light to shine out of darkness, hath 

5 



70 AUGUST 



shined into our hearts, to give the light of the 
knowledge of God in the face of Jesus 
Christ. 

19 

Hos. 6 : 3. — Then shall we know if we fol- 
low on to know the Lord : his going forth 
is prepared as the morning, and he shall 
come unto us as the rain, as the latter and 
former rain unto the earth. 

20 

Jer. 58 : 8. — Then shall thy light break 
forth as the morning, and thine health shall 
spring forth speedily ; and thy righteousness 
shall go before thee ; and the glory of the 
Lord shall be thy reward. 

21 

Acts, 26 : 18. — I (Jesus) have made a 
minister to open their eyes, and to turn them 



AUGUST. 71 



from darkness unto light, and from the power 
of Satan unto God, that they may receive 
the forgiveness of sins, and inheritance 
among them that are sanctified by faith that 
is in me. 

— 22 

Rev. 2 : 26. 28. — He that overcometh, and 
keepeth my works unto the end, to him will 
I give power over the nations ; and I will 
give him the morning star. 

23 — 

Dan. 12 : 3. — And they that be wise shall 
shine as the brightness of the firmament; 
and they that turn many to righteousness as 
the stars for ever and ever. 
24 

Rev. 7 : 14. — These are they which came 
out of great tribulation, and have washed 



72 AUGUST. 



their robes, and made them white in the 
blood of the Lamb. 

25 

Rev» 7 : 15. — Therefore are they before 
the throne of God, and serve him day and 
night in his temple ; and he that sitteth on 
the throne shall dwell among them. 

26 

Rev. 4 : 8. — And they rest not day and 
night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God 
Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 

27 

John, 8 : 12. — Then spake Jesus again 
unto them, saying, I am the light of the 
world : He that followeth me shall not w r alk 
in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 

28- 

John, 12 : 46. — I am come a light into the 



AUGUST. 73 



world, that whosoever believeth on me should 
not abide in darkness. 

29 

Is. 42 : 16. — I will bring the blind by a 
way that they knew not ; I will lead them 
in paths they have not known : I will make 
darkness light before them, and crooked 
things straight. These things will I do unto 
them, and will not forsake them. 
30 

Ezek. 34 : 16. — I will seek that which 
was lost, and bring again that which was 
driven away, and will bind up that which 
was broken, and will 'strengthen that which 
was sick. 

31 

Ps. 126 : 1. — When the Lord turned again 
the captivity of Zion, we were like them 



74 AUGUST 



that dream. Then was our mouth filled with 
laughter, and our tongue with singing : then 
said they among the heathen, The Lord hath 
done great things for them. 



SEPTEMBER 



1 



1 John, 1 : 5. — God is light, and in him is 
no darkness at all. 

2 

1 John, 1 : 6. — If we say that we have 
fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, 
we lie, and do not the truth. 
3 

1 John, 2 : 8. — Again a new commandment 
I write unto you ; which thing is true in him, 
and in you, because the darkness is past, and 
the true light now shineth. 



1 John, 2 : 9. — He that saith he is in the 



76 SEPTEMBER 



light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness, 
even until now. 

5 

1 John, 2 : 10. — He that loveth his brother 
abideth in light, and there is no occasion of 
stumbling in him. 

6 

1 John, 2 : 11. — He that hateth his brother 
is in darkness, and knoweth not whither he 
goeth, because the darkness has blinded his 
eyes. 

7 

Eph. 4 : 26. — Let not the sun go down on 
thy wrath. 

8- 

2 Cor. 6 : 14. — Be ye not unequally yoked 
together with unbelievers ; for what fellow- 
ship hath righteousness with unrighteous- 



SEPTEMBER. 77 



ness % and what communion hath light with 
darkness ? 

9 

Eph. 5 : 11. — Have no fellowship with the 
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather re- 
prove them. 

10 

Eph. 5 : 8. — For ye were sometimes dark- 
ness, but now are ye light in the Lord ; walk 
as the children of the light. 

11 

1 Peter, 2 : 7. — Ye are a chosen genera- 
tion, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a 
peculiar people ; that ye should shew forth 
the praises of him who hath called you out 
of darkness into his marvellous light. 

12 

Col. 1 : 12, 13. — Giving thanks unto the 



78 SEPTEMBER 



Father which has made us meet to be par- 
takers of the inheritance of the saints in 
light ; who hath delivered us from the powers 
of darkness, and hath translated us into the 
kingdom of his dear son. 



13 



Levit. 26 : 3. 6. — If ye walk in my 
statutes, and my commandments, and do 
them, I will give peace in the land, and ye 
shall lie down, and none shall make you 
afraid. 

14 

Josh. 1 : 8. — This book of the law T shall 
not depart out of thy mouth ; but thou shalt 
meditate therein day and night, that thou 
mayest observe to do according to all that is 
therein ; for then thou shalt make thy way 



SEPTEMBER. 79 



prosperous, and then shalt thou have good 
success. 

15 

Job, 11 : 13. — If thou prepare thine heart, 
and stretch out thine hand towards him, then 
shall thine age be dear as the noon-day ; 
thou shalt shine forth, and be as the morning: 
Thou shalt take thy rest in safety ; also thou 
shalt lie down, and none shall make thee 
afraid. 

16 

2 Sam. 23 : 3. — He that ruleth over men 
must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and 
he shall be as the light of the morning when 
the sun riseth, even a morning without 
clouds. 

17 

Is. 58 : 10. — If thou draw out thy soul to 



80 SEPTEMBER 



the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; 
then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and 
thy darkness be as the noon-day. 

18 

Matt. 5 : 14. — Ye are the light of the 
world. A city that is set upon a hill, cannot 
be hid. 

19 — 

Luke, 11 : 33. — No man, when he hath 
lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, 
neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, 
that they which come in may see the light. 

20 

Matt. 5 : 16. — Let your light so shine be- 
fore men, that they may see your good works : 
and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 

21 

Luke, 11 : 34.— The light of the body is 



SEPTEMBER. 81 



the eye ; therefore, when thine eye is single, 
thy whole body is full of light ; but when 
thine eye is evil, thy body, also, is full of 
darkness, 

22 

Luke, 11 : 36. — If thy whole body, there- 
fore, be full of light, having no part dark, 
the whole shall be full of light, as when the 
bright shining of a candle doth give thee 
light. 

23 

Prov. 4 : 18. — The path of the just is as 
the shining light, that shineth more and more 
until the perfect day. 

24 

Ps. 13 : 9. — The light of the righteous re- 
joices; but the lamp of the wicked shall be 
put out. 



82 SEPTEMBER. 



25 



1 Sam. 2 : 9. — He will keep the feet of his 
saints, and the wicked shall be silent in dark- 
ness ; for by strength shall no man prevail. 

26 

Luke, 11 : 35. — Take heed, therefore, that 
the light that is in thee, be not darkness. 

— 27 

Ps. 132 : 17. — I have ordained a lamp for 
my anointed. 

28 

Ps. 119 : 105. — Thy word is as a lamp unto 
my feet, and a light unto my path. 

29 

Prov. 6 : 23. — The commandment is a 
lamp, and the law is light ; and reproofs of 
instruction are the ways of life. 



SEPTEMBER. 83 



30 



2 Sam. 22 : 29.— Thou art my lamp, O 
Lord ; and the Lord will lighten my dark- 



ness. 



OCTOBER 



1 



Gen. 28 : 11. — And Jacob lighted upon a 
certain place, and tarried there all night, be- 
cause the sun was set ; and he took of the 
stones of the place, and put them for his pil- 
low, and lay down in that place to sleep. 
2 

Luke, 2 : 7. — And she brought forth her 
first bora son, (Jesus,) and wrapped him in 
swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger ; 
because there w 7 as no room in the inn. 
3 

Matt. 8 : 20. — And Jesus said unto him, 
The foxes have holes, and the birds of the 



OCTOBER. 85 



air have nests ; but the Son of man hath not 
where to lay his head. 



2 Cor. 11 : 25. — Thrice was I beaten with 
rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered ship- 
wreck, a night and a day I have been in the 
deep. 

John, 11 : 3. — Lord, behold, he whom thou 
lovest is sick. 

_6 

Rev. 3 : 19.— As many as I love, I rebuke 
and chasten ; be zealous, therefore, and re- 
pent. 

Lam. 2 : 9. — Arise, cry in the night, in the 
beginning of the watches pour out thine 
heart like water before the Lord, 



86 OCTOBER. 



8 



Ps. 119 : 62. — At midnight I will rise to 
give thanks unto thee, because of thy right- 
eous judgments. 



Ps. 18 : 28. — Thou wilt lighten my candle ; 
the Lord my God will enlighten my dark- 
ness. 

10 

Ps. 34 : 15. — Many are the afflictions of 
the righteous ; but the Lord delivereth him 
out of them all. 

11 

Ps. 17 : 3. — Thou hast proved mine heart ; 
thou hast visited me in the night ; thou hast 
tried me, and shall find nothing : I am pur- 
posed that my mouth shall not transgress. 



OCTOBER. 87 



12 



Mic. 7 : 8. — Rejoice not against me, O my 
enemy : when I fall, I shall rise ; when I sit 
in darkness, the Lord shall be a light 
unto me. 

___ 13 — 

Lam 3 : 22, 23. — It is of the Lord's mercy 
that we are not consumed ; because his com- 
passions fail not. They are new every 
morning. 

14 __ 

Ps. 121 : 2. — My help cometh from the 
Lord which made heaven and earth. He 
will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that 
keepeth thee will not slumber. 
15 

Is. 26 : 3. — Thou wilt keep him in perfect 



88 OCTOBER. 



peace whose mind is stayed on thee ; because 
he trusteth in thee. 

16- 

Ps. 121 : 6. — The sun shall not smite thee 
by day, nor the moon by night. 

17 

Ps. 41 : 13. — Blessed is he that considereth 
the poor ; the Lord will deliver him in time 
of trouble. The Lord will strengthen him 
upon the bed of languishing ; thou wilt make 
all his bed in his sickness. 

18 

Ps. 23 : 4. — Yea, though I walk through 
the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear 
no evil ; for thou art with me ; thy rod, and 
thy staff, they comfort- me. 

19 

Ps. 134 : 1.— Behold, bless the Lord, all ye 



OCTOBER. 89 



servants of the Lord, which by night stand 
in the house of the Lord. 

20 — - 

Cant. 5 : 2. — I sleep, but my heart wa-keth ; 
it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, 
saying, Open unto me, my sister, my love, my 
dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled 
with dew, and my locks with the drops of 
the night 

-21 

Jer. 31 : 26, — Upon this I awaked, and 
my sleep was sweet unto me. 
__22 — 
Eccl. 5 : 3. — A dream cometh through a 
multitude of business. 

- 23 — 

Eccl. 5 : 7.— In the multitude of dreams, 



90 OCTOBER. 



and many words, there are also many vani- 
ties ; but fear thou God. 

24 

Job, 33 : 15. — In dreams, in a vision of the 
night, when deep sleep falleth upon men ; in 
slumberings upon the bed, then God openeth 
the ears of men, and sealeth their instruc- 
tion. 

25 

1 Peter, 1 : 9. — We have a more sure 
word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well 
that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth 
in a dark place, until the day dawn, and 
the day-star arise in your hearts. 
26 

Eccl. 2 : 13. — Wisdom excelleth folly as 
far as light excelleth darkness. 



OCTOBER. 91 



27 



Eccl. 2 : 14. — The wise man's eyes are 
in his head, but the fool walketh in dark- 
ness. 

28 

Job, 17 : 12. — They change the night 
into day ; the light is short because of 
darkness. 

29 

Hos. 6 : 4. — O Ephraim, what shall I do 
unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do 
unto thee 1 for your goodness is as a morn- 
ing cloud, and as the early dew it goeth 
away. 

30 

Ps. 127 : 1. — Except the Lord keep the 
city, the watchman walketh in vain. 



92 OCTOBER 



31 



Ps. 127 : 2. — It is vain for you to rise 
up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of 
sorrow ; (so) he giveth his beloved sleep. 



NOVEMBER. 



1 



Prov. 20 : 27. — The spirit of a man is the 
candle of the Lord. 

2 

Ps. 91 : 1. — He that dwelleth in the secret 
place of the Most High, shall abide under 
the shadow of the Almighty. 
3 

Ps. 91:2, 3.— I will say of the Lord, He is 
my refuge, and my fortress ; in him will I 
trust. He shall cover thee with his feathers, 
and under his wings shalt thou trust. 



Ps. 91 : 5, 6. — Thou shalt not be afraid for 



94 NOVEMBER 



the terror by night, nor for the arrow that 
flieth by day, nor for the pestilence that 
walketh in darkness, nor the destruction that 
wasteth at noon-day. 

5 

Ps. 121. 7 : 8.— The Lord shall preserve 
thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 
The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and 
thy coming in, from this time forth, and even 
for evermore. 

6 

Ps. 34 : 15. — The eyes of the Lord are 
upon the righteous, and his ears open unto 
their cry. 

7 . 

Ps. 42 : 3. — My tears have been my meat 
day and night, while they continually say 
unto me, Where is thy God ? 



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Job, 35 : 10.— Where is God my Maker, 
who giveth songs in the night 1 
9 

p s 77 . 6. — i call to remembrance my song 
in the night: I commune with my own heart, 
and my spirit made diligent search. 
10 

Ps. 42 : 8. — The Lord will command his 
loving kindness in the day-time, and in the 
night his song shall be with me, and my 
prayer unto the God of my life. 
11 

Ps. 92 : 1, 2.— It is a good thing to give 
thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises 
unto thy name, O Most High ; to shew forth 
thy loving kindness in the morning, and thy 
faithfulness every night. 



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12 



Ps. 63 : 5, 6. — My soul shall be satisfied as 
with marrow and fatness; and my mouth 
shall praise thee with joyful lips, when I 
remember thee upon my bed, and meditate 
on thee in the night watches. 
13 

Ps. 149 : 5. — Let the saints be joyful in 
glory ; let them sing aloud upon their beds. 
14 

Is. 30 : 29. — Ye shall have a song, as in 
the night when a holy solemnity is kept: 
and gladness of heart, as when one goeth 
with a pipe to come into the mountain of 
the Lord, to the Mighty One of Israel. 
15 

Ps. 119 : 54. — Thy statutes have been my 
song, in the house of my pilgrimage. 



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16 



Ps. 119 : 55. — I have remembered thy 
name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept 
thy precepts. 

17 

Ps. 116 : 7. — Return unto thy rest, O my 
soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully 
with thee. 

18 _ 

Ps. 116 : 8. — For thou hast delivered my 
soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and 
my feet from falling. 

19 

2 Peter, 3 : 3, 4. — There shall come in the 
last days scoffers, walking after their own 
lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his 
coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all 



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things continue as they were from the begin- 
ning of the creation. 

20 

2 Peter, 3 : 8. — But, beloved, be not igno- 
rant of this one thing, that one day is with 
the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand 
years as one day. 

21 

Ps. 90 : 4. — For a thousand years in thy 
sight are but as yesterday when it is passed ; 
and as a watch in the night. 
22 



2 Peter, 3 : 9. — The Lord is not slack con- 
cerning his promise, as some men count slack- 
ness ; but is long-suffering to usward, not 
willing that any should perish, but that all 
should come to repentance. 



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2 Peter, 3 : 10. — But the day of the Lord 
will come as a thief in the night ; in the 
which the heavens shall pass away with a 
great noise, and the elements shall melt with 
fervent heat ; the earth also, and the works 
that are therein, shall be burned up. 
24 

Ezek. 32 : 7. — I will cover the heaven, and 
make the stars thereof dark ; I will cover 
the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not 
give her light. 

25 

Ezek. 32 : 8.— All the bright light of 
heaven will I make dark over thee, and set 
darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord. 
26 — 

Is. 34 : 4.— And all the host of heaven 



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shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be 
rolled together as a scroll ; and all their host 
shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from 
the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig-tree. 
27 

Joel, 2 : 10. — The sun and moon shall be 
darkened, and the stars withdraw their 
shining ; for the day of the Lord is great 
and very terrible, and who can abide it ? 
28 

2 Peter, 3 : 7. — But the heavens and the 
earth which are now, by the same word are 
kept in store, reserved unto fire against the 
day of judgment and perdition of ungodly 
men. 

29 — 

Matt. 24 : 29. — Immediately after the 
tribulation of these days, shall the sun be 



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darkened, and the moon shall not give her 
light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, 
and the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 
_ 30 

Luke, 21 : 27.— Then shall they see the 
Son of man coming in a cloud, with power 
and great glory. 



DECEMBER. 



John, 11 : 11.— Our friend Lazarus sleep- 
eth; and I go that I may awake him out of 
sleep. Then said they unto him, Lord, if he 
sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus 
spake of his death. 

2 

1 Cor. 15 : 15. — We shall not all sleep, but 
w r e shall all be changed. In a moment, in 
the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump ; 
for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead 
shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be 
changed. 



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1 Thess. 4 : 16. — For the Lord himself 
shall descend from heaven with a shout, with 
the voice of the archangel, and with the 
trump of God ; and the dead in Christ shall 
rise first. 

4 

1 Thess. 4 : 17. — Then we which are alive 

and remain, shall be caught up together with 

them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the 

air ; and so shall we be ever with the Lord. 

5 — - 

1 Thess. 4 : 13. — But I w T ould not have 
you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them 
which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as 
others which have no hope. 
6 

1 Thess. 4 : 14.— For if we believe that 



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Jesus died and rose again, even so them also 
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with 
him. 

7 

Ps. 17 : 15. — As for me, I will behold thy 
face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied 
when I awake, with thy likeness. 

8 

Job, 19 : 25. — For I know that my Re- 
deemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the 
last day upon the earth. 

9 



Job, 19 : 26. — And though after my skin 
worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall 
I see God : whom I shall see for myself, and 
mine eyes shall behold, and not another. 
10 

Is. 26 : 19. — Thy dead men shall live, 



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together with my dead body shall they arise. 
Awake, arise, ye that dwell in the dust : for 
thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth 
shall cast out the dead. 

11 — 

Dan. 12 : 2. — And many of them that 
sleep in the dust of the earth shall arise, some 
to everlasting life, and some to shame and 
everlasting contempt. 

12 

Is. 57 : 1. — The righteous perisheth, and 
no man layeth it to heart : and merciful men 
are taken away, none considering that the 
righteous is taken away from the evil to come. 
He shall enter into peace : they shall rest in 
their beds, each one walking in his upright- 
ness. 



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13 



1 Cor. 15 : 17. — If Christ be not raised, 

your faith is in vain ; ye are yet in your sins: 

They also which are fallen asleep in Christ 

have perished. 

14 



1 Cor. 15 : 20. — But now is Christ risen 
from the dead, and become the first fruits of 
them that slept. 

15 

Ps. 116 : 15. — Precious in the sight of the 
Lord is the death of his saints. 
16 

1 Thess. 5 : 9, 10.— For God hath not ap- 
pointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation 
by our Lord Jesus Christ — who died for us, 
that whether we wake or sleep we should 
live together with him. 



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17 



1 Cor. 15 : 40. — There are celestial bodies, 
and bodies terrestrial : but the glory of the 
celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial 
is another. 

18 

1 Cor. 15 : 41. — There is one glory of the 
sun, and another glory of the moon, and an- 
other glory of the stars : for one star differeth 
from another star in glory. 

19 

1 Cor. 15 : 42. — So also is the resurrection 
of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is 
raised in incorruption. 

20 

2 Peter, 3 : 13. — Nevertheless we, accord- 
ing to his promise, look for new heavens and 
a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 



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21 



Is. 65 : 17. — Behold, I create new heavens 
and a new earth ; and the former shall not 
be remembered, nor come into mind. 
22 

Rev. 21 : 1. — And I saw a new heaven 
and a new earth : for the first heaven and the 
first earth were passed away — and there was 
no more sea. 

23 

Rev. 21 : 23. — And the city had no need 
of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in 
it : for the glory of God did lighten it, and 
the Lamb is the light thereof. 
24 

Is. 60 : 19. — The sun shall be no more thy 
light by day ; neither for brightness shall the 
moon give light unto thee : but the Lord shall 



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be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God 
thy glory. 

25 

Is. 60 : 20. — Thy sun shall no more go 
down, neither shall thy moon withdraw it- 
self. For the Lord shall be thine everlasting 
light, and the days of thy mourning shall be 
ended. 

26 

Is. 33 : 24. — And the inhabitant shall not 
say, I am sick : the people that dwell therein 
shall be forgiven their iniquity. 

27 

Rev. 21 : 25. — And the gates of it shall not 
be shut at all by day : for there shall be no 
night there. 

28 

Rev. 21 : 4. — And God shall wipe away 



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all tears from thine eyes ; and there shall be 
no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, 
neither shall there be any more pain ; for the 
former things are passed away. 

29 

2 Peter, 3 : 11. — Seeing then that all these 
things shall be dissolved, what manner of 
persons ought ye to be in all holy conversa- 
tion and godliness ? 

30 

2 Peter, 3 : 12. — Looking for and hasten- 
ing unto the coming day of God, wherein the 
heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and 
the elements shall melt with fervent heat. 

31 

2 Peter, 3 : 14. — Wherefore, beloved, see- 
ing that ye look for such things, be diligent, 
that ye may be found of him in peace, with- 
out spot and blameless. 



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